The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its decisive protest in connection with the Kremlin's attempts to organize in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol fake voting processes and other illegal acts, in particular unlawful approval of the list and borders of polling districts.

The U.S. embassy in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of barring diplomatic staff from a property on the outskirts of Moscow, after having earlier granted access until midday on Tuesday for them to retrieve belongings.